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BILL · 1999–00 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 2569

HB 2569: Vulnerable adults

Protecting vulnerable adults.

Summary

  • $ The Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) must conduct federal and state background checks on any in-home care worker who has lived in the state less than three years.
  • $ The list of crimes that disqualifies a person from conducting in-home work is expanded to include a drug conviction related to the manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver a controlled substance.
  • $ Creates a statewide registry with the names of anyone who has abandoned, abused, or neglected vulnerable adults.
  • $ Due process system is created before a finding is made for persons suspected of having abandoned, abused, or neglected vulnerable adults.

From the House Bill Report (HB 2569), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 17, 2000
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Carolyn Edmonds (D-32)
Introduced
January 17, 2000 in the House
Last action
February 4, 2000
Requested by
Governor
Companion bill
SB 6401
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
HB 2569, SHB 2569

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Carolyn Edmonds (D-32)

8 co-sponsors (6 Democrats, 2 Republicans)

Cheryl Pflug R-5Joyce McDonald R-25John Lovick D-44Velma Veloria D-11Jeff Morris D-40Karen Keiser D-33Phil Rockefeller D-23Ruth Kagi D-32

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

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HB 2569 in other sessions

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